Stake Conference Parking Assignment

Of all the stake conference assignments to get, 'parking attendant' is the second-easiest.  The easiest being floral decoration of the Relief Society room, and the hardest being chair take-down and transfer, very closely followed by chair set-up and transfer.  The chair assignment requires hauling 300 chairs from the "Scott's Run" church building and keeping track of those chairs so they can be successfully hauled back.  This wouldn't be so difficult for our ward if we had more trucks in the ward, but, alas, being closer to the city we mostly have Honda Accords and hand-me-down Le Sabres.  So we were very pleased to get the parking assignment this round.

The crew was very professional, and some of them even managed to sneak out just in time to double up on their duties as choir singers as well.  The real feat was being able to avoid a severe case of hat-head and still look presentable up there on the stage.  Of course, that wouldn't have been a problem for Han, whose icy Korean veins permitted him to stoically brave the cold without so much as an earmuff.

Mixed messages?  One of the most important duties of the parking crew is to provide consistent direction; all without the aid of walkie-talkies.
(Not pictured: Wes Coulam, Pace Barker, Byron Dixon, Bill Simmons)

The 'staging' phase on the adjacent field -- the most technical part of the job.  This is where the crew makes or breaks its reputation.  Our strategy was to preserve the snow-covered spots for cars with 4WD.  Nobody got stuck and nobody yelled at us, so we considered the day a big success.